Price: £1,850

For sale is this excellent William Hutton & Sons silver and enamel photo frames, the design attributed to Kate Allen or Kate Harris.

The frame is an excellent example of its type, being wholly original, with original (worn) back and original unrestored, perfect, enamels. The enamels are of a rich blue purple and dark green hue.  The original green velvet and green silk can still be seen on the frames interior, set behind glass.

The frame design is of stylized trees or plants rising to enamel branches or buds.  It is marked for London 1903.

Kate Allen was Hutton’s “other” London studio art nouveau designer alongside Kate Harris. Allen’s work is widely reproduced in the Studio Journals of the period.

Maker:  William Hutton & Sons

Designer:  Kate Allen (attrib)

Date: 1903

Marks: WHSs Ltd, London, “h”

Material: Sterling silver, enamel

Condition: Excellent. Original enamel. See description

Size: 19.5 cm high, 17.5 cm wide (max)

Weight: NM